Bluebeard's Eighth Wife Page #2

Synopsis: US multi-millionaire Michael Barndon marries his eight wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broken French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the row of his ex-wives and starts her own strategy to "tame" him.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Ernst Lubitsch
Production: Paramount Pictures
 
IMDB:
7.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
29%
PASSED
Year:
1938
85 min
339 Views


lights, and then you start.

Oh, it's wonderful and so easy.

A-I-K...

(MOANING)

You only have to

worry about "Slovakia."

By the time you reach

"Czech" you're fast asleep.

All right, I'll pay 125.

Very well, monsieur.

That makes 125 for monsieur,

and 75 francs for madame.

Will you be so kind as to

pay cashier number nine?

Right here, please.

You will receive your packages

at the adjoining counter.

Thank you.

It must be pretty

nice for a husband

to have a wife who picks

up bargains for him.

Kind of restores

your faith in marriage.

I'm sorry to shatter

your illusions.

I'm not buying these

trousers for a husband.

(EXCLAIMS)

Well, you see, madame...

Or is it mademoiselle?

It's kind of

tough for a foreigner.

Sometimes you say madame

when it's mademoiselle,

and sometimes you

say mademoiselle...

Now, look here,

I think I can help you.

You want to know if I'm married?

Yes. I'm not.

(EXCLAIMS) Well, I'm a

pretty tall man, you know.

(LAUGHS) Oh, so I see.

Well, it's kind of

hard to believe that

someone who is

as little and as dainty

and, as you French say,

as petite as you

could have such a big brother.

I have no brother.

Well, don't tell me you're buying

those pajamas for yourself.

After all, I'm 6'3".

(LAUGHS) There are other

tall men in the world.

(SPEAKING FRENCH)

Goodbye, monsieur.

Goodbye, mademoiselle. Goodbye.

Make it snappy, will you?

(SPEAKING FRENCH)

Tell me, who was that lady?

Oh, she's very charming,

isn't she, monsieur?

Well, I know that,

but who is she?

The story writes

itself, doesn't it?

What do you mean?

Well, a beautiful lady buys

a pair of pajamas

for a gentleman.

She has no husband. She

has no brother. Voila.

Voil what? A lady in love.

(GRUNTS) You Frenchmen always think

the worst. Maybe it was for an uncle.

Oh, no, monsieur. For an

uncle, you buy a pipe.

But why did she

buy just the pants?

Love has its own

secrets, monsieur.

(CHUCKLES)

(SPEAKING FRENCH)

How about a straw hat, monsieur?

(SHOUTS) Leave me alone.

A-I...

(YAWNING LOUDLY)

A-I-K...

(YAWNING) ...A-V...

(BRANDON SNORING)

It doesn't work.

Give us one more

chance, monsieur.

I'm certain that you

will like Apartment 418.

There's nothing wrong with the

apartment downstairs. It's that ocean.

But this is a different floor.

But it's the same ocean.

But don't forget, monsieur, that

up here you're 22 feet higher.

What sounds like a wild

ocean on the third floor,

on the fourth, sounds like a little

difficulty with the plumbing.

There.

Voil, monsieur. This is the most

exquisite suite on the Riviera.

Show me the bedroom. If you

please, monsieur, this way.

This, monsieur, is the most elegant

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Charles Brackett

Charles William Brackett (November 26, 1892 – March 9, 1969) was an American novelist, screenwriter, and film producer, best known for his long collaboration with Billy Wilder. more…

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